Agricultural Biocatalysis

Peter Jeschke gained his PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, after which he moved to Fahlberg-List Company, Germany, to pursue agrochemical research before moving to the Institute of Neurobiology and Brain Research, German Academy of Sciences. In 1989, he joined Bayer AG in animal health research and eight years later took a position in insecticide research, where he was a senior fellow in Research and Development, Pest Control Chemistry, Crop Science Division. Since 2011, he has been honorary professor at the Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. Prof. Jeschke is an associate editor for Pest Management Science (Society of Chemical Industry, UK) and also a member of the editorial advisory board for Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (Wiley-VCH). Retired since 2022, he has authored more than 250 patent applications and publications. Evgeni B. Starikov is a specialist in theoretical biophysical chemistry with nearly 40 years of professional experience. Currently, he is a freelance researcher at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Kobe University, Japan. Prof. Starikov has authored more than 100 articles and a monograph and co-edited two books. His current research interests include applications of thermodynamics.

Part 1: Agricultural Enzymes Market 1. Metagenomics as a Tool to Isolate New Enzymes for Application in Hydrolysis and Synthesis Reactions: The Case of Lipolytic Enzymes 2. Plant Pectin Methylesterase: An Insight into Agricultural and Industrial Applications 3. Induced Polyphenol Oxidases Are Associated with Laccase Activity in Different Genotypes of Resistant Chickpea Cultivars Infected by Fusarium oxysporm f. sp. ciceris and Salicylic Acid Part 2: Plant Enzymes 4. Classification and Evolutionary Landscape of Acid Phosphatase-Encoding Gene Families in Plants 5. Acid Phosphatases Roles in Plant Performance 6. Superoxide Dismuteases in Plants: New Insights into Regulation and Functioning 7. Peroxisomes from Higher Plants and Their Metabolic Diversity Part 3: Herbicide-Tolerant Traits 8. Oxygenase Enzymes for Agricultural Biotechnology Applications Part 4: Plant Viruses 9. P1 Leader Proteinases from the Potyviridae Family Part 5: Soil Enzymes 10. Soil Enzymes: Distribution, Interactions and Influencing Factors 11. Carbon-, Nitrogen-, Phosphorus- and Sulfure-Cycling Enzymes and Functional Diversity in Agricultural Systems Part 6: Bioremediation 12. Bioremediation: Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Soil Part 7: Biochemical Conversion 13. Enzymatic Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass 14. Biological Biorefineries Based on Orange Peel Wastes